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i3ip#t / t it p jiv^.v 0y jr by hives a briver the old north state forever gaston iiiÂ£le copies five cents vol iii no 16 salisbury n c saturday february 8 1868 whole no 305 franklin w ii mitchell p c person thos winston a henley e gupton l joyner danl s hill w t k davis granville j j speed robt n fur man h davis guilford â€” jesse h lindsay peter ad ams sr wm a coble john mcculloch peter adams jr h k witherspoon j r mclean jas t morehead jr henderson hon a s merrimon prox harnett â€” jesse morgan halifax â€” r h smith r o burton j stone i may add that i have none against the black race they have behaved well in f he past as a general rule and whenever they have gone astray it ha9 been almost invariably at the instigation of some white | rascal he repeated that he had no pre judice against his own color â€” against the statesmen and patriots and sages who had illustrated our annals in the past ; he had not yet yielded thank god ! to the temptations of the times so far as to at tempt or desire to disguise himself by don ning a black livery as an old friend once said he was still alive and on pray ing ground he thanked heaven that he was surrounded by so many intelligent and patriotic representative gentlemen of the state so many of his former associa tes â€” the true men who though they had sworn to their own hurt had changed i not â€” who did not seek to commend their j own loyalty by foreswearing themselves i and proving recreant to every former pro ! fession it was indeed a privilege for j which he was gratified to be environed by such men he predicted that the dawning of a bet ter day was at hand everything indica ted its approach the light comes from the sun and we can tell when day light approaches if we will watch the stars and the lesser orbs of night when | the god of day sends out his herald beams ; the smaller luminaries with commendable , modesty get out of the way that time j is coming i know it said he â€” j feel it in my bo?ies /" from every quar ter the signs of reaction are auspicious in north carolina we have a white ma jority of 35,000 â€” yet they were so pros | trate and depressed by misfortune as to â€¢ allow the late election to go by default â€” i now if we will remember what we have i been in the past who we are now and to j whom we are kin â€” will arouse ourselves â– â– and put on the bearing of men â€” will j i make a vigorous and active canvass we j shall atone for the past and save north ; carolina no argument is necessary a j man who needs an argument to convince | him in this exigency of his duty is a fool j upon whom argument would be waste of j breath it is only necessary to urge our j people to do their duty and we will se cure the government to the hands of the intelligent tax-paying white men of north carolina this will be best for all races and colors at every stage of his remarks the elo quent speaker was greeted with enthusi j astic acclamations the hon wm a graham was next j vociferously called for this distinguiah ; ed gentleman made a few excellent re j marks but as he subsequently spoke at i greater length we forbear a report of them | here the hon r y mcaden next made a ! few appropriate remarks in response to j loud calls he expressed his profound | gratification at the distinguished and pa triotic character of the convention and angered their best results from its assem blage he believed and hoped that a brighter day was dawning for north car olina the south and the union the enthusiastic invitations of the con ! vention next brought the hon weldon n edwards to his feet he said that the convention sought to impose upon him a task to which he was inadequate â€” ! extreme age rendered him unfit to afford entertainment to such a body old as i am said the venerable patriot i have come here simply to signify my approval of this meeting to endorse its action and to commit my fortunes good or bad to the same barque in which are to be com ; mitted those of the anglq saxon race ! â€” this sentiment was received with long continued applause the hon thomas bragg next came cd forward in obedience to prolonged calls he commenced by remarking that the convention had assembled under peculiar circumstances the faces around him were familiar he saw many with whom he had associated in the past and he hoped that their deliberations would re dound to the honor and welfare of the state for one he was not altogether disappointed at the state of things under which we are laboring for he had expect ed â€” however improbable a few short years ago it might have been deemed â€” â€¢ we are now under a grinding despotism i there is no use in mincing phrases â€” without law or liberty and the constitu tion of our fathers regarded as no more than a bit of waste paper still we had an abiding faith that all would yet be well the people of the country will do their duty and after a while our spoliated priv ileges would be in so'oe measure restor ed the justice and good sense of the masses will return to them and prevail â€” coming events cast their shadows before much of the injustice that has been done â– us â€” most of the iniquitous legislation ' that has been consummated will be wiped : out we must aid in this great move ment we must go to work actively and enlighten the people we must arouse â€¢ them to a sense of their duty we must i resist our enemies in every lawful manner i â€” face to face and breast to breast â€” and hertford j b hare jones â€” t d foy proxv iredell john h mclaughlin t a al lison benj arey j h hill s a sharpe w w t foot g w clegg w p drake ii m allison r f simonton johnston james h abell dr john ii beckwith charles e preston maj h j ryals s r horn dr r rooker john w sharp haywood howell jethro thane wm h avcra the old north state till weekly j terms-cash in advance tri weekly one year 5.00 six months 3,00 from the raleigh sentinel conservative state convention 0 grand rally of the representa lives of the people ! the white men of north carolina in council : r then if we go down we shall at least feel like men i great applause ] here the committee returned and the hon d g fowle chairman of the com mittee reported the following list of per manent officers of the convention viz : for president hon william a graham vice presidents hon weldon n edwards warren hon lewis hanes davidson richard h smith halifax samuel radcliffe craven john w leak richmond j p ii russ wake jesse h lindsay guilford john h mclaughlin iredell a t davidson macon col e d hall new hanover saml mcd tate burke william m robbins rowan r f armfield wilkes secretaries seaton gales of the raleigh scntixci j a engelhard of the wil journal jordan stone of the roanoke news w p drake statesville american j h b.iinu of the newbcrn herald the nominations were unanimously rati fied â€” the name of each gentleman as an nounced having been received with loud plaudits the temporary chairman having request ed the hon thomas bragg and col tims a allison to conduct gov graham to the staud that gentleman came forward and as sumed the chair amid the hearty cheers of the large and enthusiactie audience gov graham said that although he had expected to take his full share in the deliber ations of the convention nothing could sur prise him more than this call to preside over it he had no intimation that such would be the case and would therefore apologize in advance for any deficiencies in what he miffht have to say he thanked the con vention heartily for the appreciation of him self implied in the honor conferred and would endeaver to discharge the duties im posed upou hiin to the best of his ability we had met for purposes of deliberation on the political situation a desolating and expensive war had swept over the land and the question now to be settled is whether af ter all we have peace the president of the united states declars that we have â€” the judicial department of the land has so de cided especially has judge nelson emphat ically so declared in the eagau habeas cur pus case but congress implies by its ac tion that war still prevails surely if so war only exists by a fiction of law of which the people are profoundly ignorant they \ had supposed that the armies of the south surrendered that the capitulation had been accepted in good faith and that therefore peace prevailed in other countries after a protracted and desolating war and the re turn of peace men may have been punish ed but it was done in a constitutional man ner but the measures taken indicate that the states as states must suffer as well as men in their individual capacities gov g said that he thought with all de ference to congress of which he should speak in no terms of contumely that it would have been no dithcult matter to have settled the controversy given harmony to the country and placed the people on the road of a moderate prosperity instead of their being as now depressed and impover ished when charles the second came back to the throne â€” an era of restoration of ; outhority somewhat analogous to the pres ; ent after that authority had been temporari j ly deposed â€” lord clarendon the chancel lor speaking for the king said to parlia ment his majesty directs me to say that he is a suitor to you and asks you to join with him in restoring the country and pe â– - pie to their ancient temper and dignity their , old good humor and manners oh for a clarendon at the close of our war if it had been proclaimed in the councils of the country that there was a desire to restore harmony and the return of concord and ami ty it would have been universally seconded and although some little ground-sweh'of alie nation might have succeeded to the furious lashings of the storm all would ere now have been tranquil and peaceful the war had been carried on about a ques tion upon which the people had differed from the formation of the constitution a large class believed that a state had a right to withdraw from the union as in case of or dinary contracts when they thought the ob ligation violated on the other side that class constituted perhaps the majority â€” a majority which held the reins of power with rare intervals he mr g had never be lieved in that doctrine : but it was a disput ed question when therefore it was prac tically resorted to it was only bringing totri r * o c7 al the issue which sooner or later would have come true he did not think our ! grievances sufficient to warrant a resort to it j but when north carolina thought her duty i and honor required her to take part in the ; great issue he went with her into what he ! regarded as a revolution we did our ut most for our section and our eonse : and i when we failed we did our utmost for peace 1 on such terms as were ju^t and honorable â€” j we meaut peace in reality it has been supposed by some that the war ! might have been terminated earlier thedis i tinguished speaker said that he had been placed ! in a position where he could minutely discern i the current events as the hart panted or ' the water-brooks he had yearned for peace but he bad not seen the time when he believed \ that it could be had at a much earlier moment i than when it came a long protracted war is j generally a security for a lasting peace all ' opposition ceased on the termination of hostil ities the people saw tbe contest ( wiyj on un e ual terriis decided against them they ac quiesced and only longed to be restored to the rights of american citizens according to the constitution ( i v graham next briefly discussed the pol : y of president johnson with reference to the state governments alter the surrender while he did not conceive it necessary to strike down those governments yet in common with all onr people he acquiesced therein he recoun ted the con ss - and sacrifices made by the people of the south in obedience to the exac tions made apoa them they d:.l all this for the sake of peace and yet congress is not satisfied another convention has been called by :;. â€” uot by the state â€” bringing in the col ored race as voters â€” a thing unknown before â€” and through that agency it is sought to change entirely our state government and place n a under a new and anomalous one he express ed his belief that the people of the north will not sanction this they will find a departure from the golden rule mischievous and danger ous and as they claim the regulation of the:r own internal ailais so when they come to act with deliberation and dispassion they will do justice by restoring to the people of north ca rolina the same great right justice is so nat ural â€” a sense of right so invariably prevails â€” that when the matter is presented fairly they will say this is right and this conclusion will be hastened when forgetting latter preju dices they go back to the past and remember that it was the southern washington who compelled gage to raise the seige of boston and that it was the troops of north carolina and virginia who on the hudson amid the hills of jersey in pennsylvania and down to the brandy wine broke the back of british power gov g cited the case of the dorr rebellion and thejndicial decision therein to prove that the forms of government can never be rightful ly changed except by those who at the time exercise the right of suffrage and accordingly declared that the present attempt of congress to change those of the southern states was revolutionary but in the case of this attempt ed change â€” on this constitution which is to bo presented to the people â€” we have a right to vote and it will be our fault it it is fastened upon us we have a majority of over 30,000 registered white voters and the question is whether they will take the blacks into political partnership i said gov g with the kindest feelings to that race say xo .'" po litical association cannot come until social as sociation shall precede it we are not with out observation where has the experiment ever succeeded the speaker here entered into a forcible recital of the effects of negro suffrage and rule in llayti and jamaica with these examples before us shall we establish it a good deal had been said about impartial suffrage with certain qualifications of proper ty or intelligence as the test he was opposed to disfranchising any white man in north ca rolina and as to the blacks while some of them under the test might be qualified yet the line of color was the true line of demarca tion and that would be best for all races sta bility in government is indispensable gov g expressed the hops that the present state o things would cease if the men in power have no commiseration the great ma can feel the movings of sympathy there are evidences of this everywhere he was sure that th'-re was no desire her to perpctuae hatreds unfortunate as the war was it i a i had and would still have the effect of making the world think more highly of this country â€” although for the present prejudices might ex ist and clouds might impend ovc the names of some history will accord to the people of north and south alike the highest meed of ad miration for a heroism prowess and manhood such as the world never saw before their mutual achievements are so many common exhibitions of the gieatness of the american people the speaker next pronounced a high eulogy upon the judiciary of the land and expresse i high hopes from that quarter and indulged in an eloquent tribute to president j . af ter again returning his acknowledgments he took his seat amid great applause the foregoing is a most insufficient and meagre abstract of this great speech which was received with great delight by the convention and which we hope will yet be written out for publication the other officers elected then assumed their respective positions on motion the rules of oidir of the h of commons as far as aoplicable were adopted for the government of this convention col e d hall of new hanover offered the following resolution which was unanimous ly adopted viz resolved that in the efforts we are about to make to save the country from humiliation and ruin we will put aside all former party pre dilections arid know only a common purpose to preserve civil liberty and restore a consti tutional union un motion of col w l steele the presi dent was directed to appoint a committee of sixteen â€” two from each judicial district â€” to prepare resolutions and other business for the convention whereupon the president named the following gentle men : 1st d strict â€” j b hare and richard h smith 2nd m e mrmley w g morrisey 3rd thomas bragg d s hi!l 4th m q vvaddell p c cameron 5,h._w l steele j d taylor 6th â€” z b vance lewis hanes 7th a c avery it f armfield 8th a s merrimon a t davidson on motion ofcoi j f hoke of lincoln a committee of five was ordered to report on plan of organization 6co the chair appointed the following gentle men to constitute the committee viz jno f hoke d xi fowle col w j greea col g n folk jno hughes on motion the convention then adjourned uutil to morrow morning at 10 o'clock lenoir â€” jesse c kennedy f a broth ers a munro george b whitfield l<:wis c desmond lincoln â€” jno bollinger dr m brown j f hoke for life insurance only piedmont real estate dbhugi compwy 01 virginia authorized capital one million dollars officers w c carbington president j j hopkins sccretarg c ii perrqw m v med advisor this liberal and solvent southern company paya to its policy holders annually s7i jr cent of its profits it propose to aid its patrons by taking notes for one half of the premiums it allows ts patrons to pay all cash if desired it invites its patrons to attend its annual set tlements and sec their rights protected it uliow its patrons to change their policies from one place to another its policy holders are not restricted as to tra vel or residence hollers the following certificate as to its sol vency i xels k qottht hofse xa ) march 25 1867 i the undersigned officers of the county of nelson aid state of virginia take pleasure in recommending as a solvent and reliable compa ny the piedmont real estate insurance com pany of this county and besides the merit of its solvency its rates and terms for life insur ance are such a to commend it to public pat ronage its stockholders directors and officers are men of high integrity and patrons can rely on an honorable efficient management of its aifairs none of us have stock or personal interest in this company and simply give this as disinter ested testimony to the merits of a good institu tion geo s stevens clerk circuit court john p lhx sheriff wm a 11 ill surveyor s 11 lovieg clerk county court i a bingham & co agent salisbury we also have the agency for good fire com panies traveling agents wanted apply to ca1 t 1 a m es p jo 11 n son special agent charlotte n c jan 7 1868 witwly the arlington mutual fife jtositrnnre qtouipani of virginia a virginia and southern institution its funds are kept in the south it has met with unprecedented success its fortunes are established beyond any contingency the company lias capital and assets against its liability unit will compare favorably with any life insurance company on the continent which is the true test of responsibility its affairs are cautiously administered by selected directors ofresponsibility and business capacity jt has established its claim to southern patronage officers psksid e n t , john e edwards vice presi11knt skcrf.taky wm b isaacs 1 j iiartsook \ mbdxc vi ex amen kit charles ii smith m d leuai akviskr gkskkai agent u c caltell jko ii l'laiborxe directors : john erulers henry k ellyson william f taylor asa snyder samuel s cot troll h e (.'. haskerville john dooley samuel ('. tardy charles t wortham heorge jacobs william willis.jr j y allison ed a smith george s palmer thos j evans a i chockley james a s?ott h c cabell " b m juarles 1 j hartsook w h tyler john c williams j e edwarus william j taylor a y stoke a l a bell j b morton wm b isaacs r h dibrell eorge l biu^ood wuliam h palmer samuel m price lewis c ii axes ag't janl7 â€” tw&wtf lkxixgtox n c . portrait painiing and photography david l clark portrait painter and photographer high point x c having a splendid sky-light gallery and with the aid of the best instruments is pre pared to make photographs and all other sun pictures in the best style of the art having also woodward's solar camera he can make photographs full life size equal to a steel en graving pictures photographs drawings machinery views of buildings landscapes dec faithfully photographed and magnified to any desired size p0rta1t painting portraits accurately and faithfully painted in oil either from pictures or sittings of the subject and satisfaction guaranteed in every instance dec 14 twtf mcdowell v w flemming macon a t davidson mecklenburg â€” gov vance j l more head j h mcaden t j grier moore n mck mcneill yesterday being the day appointed by the state conservative executive com mittee for the assembling of the conser vatives of north carolina in convention the spacous and elegant tucker hall on its lower floor was filled before the hour of meeting a number of persons inclu ding ladies were in the galleries deeply interested spectators of the scene the convention was called to order at 11 o'clock a m by col thos a alli son of the county of iredell who moved that for the purpose of temporary organ ization r 11 smith esq of halifax be invited to take the chair new hanover â€” a j derossett j a engelhard c w mcclammy e d hall d g worth northampton â€” r b peebles w r pep per orange â€” wm a graham j c parish philip sutherland joseph woods wm stray home m w moore paul 0 camer on w w guess r f webb jas webb john a turrentine john w.graham e m holt john berry onslow â€” john w shackelford frank lin thompson pitt r w joyner richmond john w leak walter l steele the motion having been unanimously adopted mr smith took the chair amid the ap plause of the convention the chairman in returning his acknowl edgements remarked that only a few mo ments before he had been apprised of the intended honor he hardly knew there fore in what terms to address the conven tion it had met under extraordinary cir cumstances if ever there was a time when the people should speak out and as sert their rights if they had any left this was emphatically the time threat ened with the overthrow of our institu tions and what little remant of liberty we have left it was both the privilege and the duty of the people to confer together for the good of the country being but the temporary chairman he would say no more than to counsel the convention to act promptly and vigorously â€” to do noth ing in passion or heat â€” but circumspect ly and prudently to adopt such measures as were best calculated to advance the pa triotic objects of the assembly on motion of the hon thomas bragg of wake messrs seaton gales j a en gelhard 3 lewis hanes and jordan stone were requested to act as temporary secre taries of the convention rowan â€” f e shober wm e robbins kerr craige j s henderson f n luck ey j c turner j f stancill j s mc cubbins sanqjson â€” alexander williams jno c williams george r williams surry â€” seaton gales r c badger proxies wake col j p ii ross thos bragg a s merrimon 11 p tucker w 1 wil liams j q a decarteret rev wm e pell robt w haywood alfred upchurch d l royster j horton geo little rich ard b haywood george whiting l e heartt wm h crow h w hust-d alex lawrence j j overby w d johnson p p williams e e harris j j ferrell w r cox c b root talbot selby w r andrews s v house thos i hogg thos jenkins m c harrison i g fowle theo h hill wm c upchurch james a moore n v denton wiljcesâ€”l)r jas calloway e m wel born esq col ii a brown and r f armfield wayne â€” george v strong william g morisey council s wooten alvah 15 palmer e arnold wright and john m clemmons the list of the counties was then called when the following delegates came for ward and had their names recorded viz : alamance â€” r x mcaden t m holt e m cooke albert murray t g mc lean j f hunter geo bason james e boyd j w stockyard a c mcallister brunswick â€” col john d taylor da vid s cowan warren weldon n edwards whar ton j green applause watauga â€” z b vance a s merrimon proxies transylvania â€” hon a s merrimon proxy on motion of col walter l steele of richmond it was ordered that the tempo rary uhairnian appoint a committee of two delegates from each congressional dis trict to recommend permanent officers of the convention whereupon the chah man appointed the following gentlemen viz : buncombe marcus erwin burke s mcd tate t d carter w f mckesson a c avery cabarrus â€” g l gibson r s harris john wincoff r vv means w c means catawba dr j r ellis carteret l w martin b h bell w ward t a robbins george w char lotte first district â€” rev r 0 burton r b peebles second district â€” jno hughes dr a j derossett caswell â€” livingston brown a s wil liamson thos w parish c b luck dr j l williamson third district w l steele john d taylor fourth district â€” p c cameron d g fowle clay and cherokee john w graham proxy clcaveland â€” plato durham applause ) columbus â€” j m mcgougan craven â€” jude m e manly henry r bryan john d flanner c r mclean samuel radcliff israel disosway john o'conner johu spelman t d foy c d upchurch james e morriss alex c la tham julius s ash david w bell wil liam h oliver m v stanton j h brison g e allen dr p e hines thomas j mitchell maj john hughes c manly j p clark daniel lane joseph j robin son fifth district j r mclean b b roberts sixth district f e shober r f si monton seventh district â€” a c avery marcus erwin pending the retirement of the commit tee loud calls from all puts of the hall brought the hon zebulou b vance to his feet he commenced by remarking \ in his own peculiar style that he once j heard of an irishman who was looking at i one of those donkey engines t ha are used | in unloading ships gazing indignantly j at it a while he exclaimed arrah ye j may puff and smoke and rattle away tell ye's clane out of breath and do the work k of twenty men at that but blast ye ye can't vote so mr chairman i may puff and smoke but / can't vote for all that still sir though i may be deprived of all political power in the land of my af fections and nativity yet i can still claim to be a white man and what is more i have no prejudices against my own color caldicellâ€”co g n folk maj w h malone capt w d jones chatham â€” k t perry m perry alvin bynuin stanly rigsby t s love a b bright m q vvaddell saml perry geo poe h a london w l garrett j l haughton robt love thos love j w page oliver mcmath jesse richardson cicero hadley ed perry a self davidson â€” lewis hanes b b roberts m h pinnix dr w b meareg duplin john c mcmillan

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i3ip#t / t it p jiv^.v 0y jr by hives a briver the old north state forever gaston iiiÂ£le copies five cents vol iii no 16 salisbury n c saturday february 8 1868 whole no 305 franklin w ii mitchell p c person thos winston a henley e gupton l joyner danl s hill w t k davis granville j j speed robt n fur man h davis guilford â€” jesse h lindsay peter ad ams sr wm a coble john mcculloch peter adams jr h k witherspoon j r mclean jas t morehead jr henderson hon a s merrimon prox harnett â€” jesse morgan halifax â€” r h smith r o burton j stone i may add that i have none against the black race they have behaved well in f he past as a general rule and whenever they have gone astray it ha9 been almost invariably at the instigation of some white | rascal he repeated that he had no pre judice against his own color â€” against the statesmen and patriots and sages who had illustrated our annals in the past ; he had not yet yielded thank god ! to the temptations of the times so far as to at tempt or desire to disguise himself by don ning a black livery as an old friend once said he was still alive and on pray ing ground he thanked heaven that he was surrounded by so many intelligent and patriotic representative gentlemen of the state so many of his former associa tes â€” the true men who though they had sworn to their own hurt had changed i not â€” who did not seek to commend their j own loyalty by foreswearing themselves i and proving recreant to every former pro ! fession it was indeed a privilege for j which he was gratified to be environed by such men he predicted that the dawning of a bet ter day was at hand everything indica ted its approach the light comes from the sun and we can tell when day light approaches if we will watch the stars and the lesser orbs of night when | the god of day sends out his herald beams ; the smaller luminaries with commendable , modesty get out of the way that time j is coming i know it said he â€” j feel it in my bo?ies /" from every quar ter the signs of reaction are auspicious in north carolina we have a white ma jority of 35,000 â€” yet they were so pros | trate and depressed by misfortune as to â€¢ allow the late election to go by default â€” i now if we will remember what we have i been in the past who we are now and to j whom we are kin â€” will arouse ourselves â– â– and put on the bearing of men â€” will j i make a vigorous and active canvass we j shall atone for the past and save north ; carolina no argument is necessary a j man who needs an argument to convince | him in this exigency of his duty is a fool j upon whom argument would be waste of j breath it is only necessary to urge our j people to do their duty and we will se cure the government to the hands of the intelligent tax-paying white men of north carolina this will be best for all races and colors at every stage of his remarks the elo quent speaker was greeted with enthusi j astic acclamations the hon wm a graham was next j vociferously called for this distinguiah ; ed gentleman made a few excellent re j marks but as he subsequently spoke at i greater length we forbear a report of them | here the hon r y mcaden next made a ! few appropriate remarks in response to j loud calls he expressed his profound | gratification at the distinguished and pa triotic character of the convention and angered their best results from its assem blage he believed and hoped that a brighter day was dawning for north car olina the south and the union the enthusiastic invitations of the con ! vention next brought the hon weldon n edwards to his feet he said that the convention sought to impose upon him a task to which he was inadequate â€” ! extreme age rendered him unfit to afford entertainment to such a body old as i am said the venerable patriot i have come here simply to signify my approval of this meeting to endorse its action and to commit my fortunes good or bad to the same barque in which are to be com ; mitted those of the anglq saxon race ! â€” this sentiment was received with long continued applause the hon thomas bragg next came cd forward in obedience to prolonged calls he commenced by remarking that the convention had assembled under peculiar circumstances the faces around him were familiar he saw many with whom he had associated in the past and he hoped that their deliberations would re dound to the honor and welfare of the state for one he was not altogether disappointed at the state of things under which we are laboring for he had expect ed â€” however improbable a few short years ago it might have been deemed â€” â€¢ we are now under a grinding despotism i there is no use in mincing phrases â€” without law or liberty and the constitu tion of our fathers regarded as no more than a bit of waste paper still we had an abiding faith that all would yet be well the people of the country will do their duty and after a while our spoliated priv ileges would be in so'oe measure restor ed the justice and good sense of the masses will return to them and prevail â€” coming events cast their shadows before much of the injustice that has been done â– us â€” most of the iniquitous legislation ' that has been consummated will be wiped : out we must aid in this great move ment we must go to work actively and enlighten the people we must arouse â€¢ them to a sense of their duty we must i resist our enemies in every lawful manner i â€” face to face and breast to breast â€” and hertford j b hare jones â€” t d foy proxv iredell john h mclaughlin t a al lison benj arey j h hill s a sharpe w w t foot g w clegg w p drake ii m allison r f simonton johnston james h abell dr john ii beckwith charles e preston maj h j ryals s r horn dr r rooker john w sharp haywood howell jethro thane wm h avcra the old north state till weekly j terms-cash in advance tri weekly one year 5.00 six months 3,00 from the raleigh sentinel conservative state convention 0 grand rally of the representa lives of the people ! the white men of north carolina in council : r then if we go down we shall at least feel like men i great applause ] here the committee returned and the hon d g fowle chairman of the com mittee reported the following list of per manent officers of the convention viz : for president hon william a graham vice presidents hon weldon n edwards warren hon lewis hanes davidson richard h smith halifax samuel radcliffe craven john w leak richmond j p ii russ wake jesse h lindsay guilford john h mclaughlin iredell a t davidson macon col e d hall new hanover saml mcd tate burke william m robbins rowan r f armfield wilkes secretaries seaton gales of the raleigh scntixci j a engelhard of the wil journal jordan stone of the roanoke news w p drake statesville american j h b.iinu of the newbcrn herald the nominations were unanimously rati fied â€” the name of each gentleman as an nounced having been received with loud plaudits the temporary chairman having request ed the hon thomas bragg and col tims a allison to conduct gov graham to the staud that gentleman came forward and as sumed the chair amid the hearty cheers of the large and enthusiactie audience gov graham said that although he had expected to take his full share in the deliber ations of the convention nothing could sur prise him more than this call to preside over it he had no intimation that such would be the case and would therefore apologize in advance for any deficiencies in what he miffht have to say he thanked the con vention heartily for the appreciation of him self implied in the honor conferred and would endeaver to discharge the duties im posed upou hiin to the best of his ability we had met for purposes of deliberation on the political situation a desolating and expensive war had swept over the land and the question now to be settled is whether af ter all we have peace the president of the united states declars that we have â€” the judicial department of the land has so de cided especially has judge nelson emphat ically so declared in the eagau habeas cur pus case but congress implies by its ac tion that war still prevails surely if so war only exists by a fiction of law of which the people are profoundly ignorant they \ had supposed that the armies of the south surrendered that the capitulation had been accepted in good faith and that therefore peace prevailed in other countries after a protracted and desolating war and the re turn of peace men may have been punish ed but it was done in a constitutional man ner but the measures taken indicate that the states as states must suffer as well as men in their individual capacities gov g said that he thought with all de ference to congress of which he should speak in no terms of contumely that it would have been no dithcult matter to have settled the controversy given harmony to the country and placed the people on the road of a moderate prosperity instead of their being as now depressed and impover ished when charles the second came back to the throne â€” an era of restoration of ; outhority somewhat analogous to the pres ; ent after that authority had been temporari j ly deposed â€” lord clarendon the chancel lor speaking for the king said to parlia ment his majesty directs me to say that he is a suitor to you and asks you to join with him in restoring the country and pe â– - pie to their ancient temper and dignity their , old good humor and manners oh for a clarendon at the close of our war if it had been proclaimed in the councils of the country that there was a desire to restore harmony and the return of concord and ami ty it would have been universally seconded and although some little ground-sweh'of alie nation might have succeeded to the furious lashings of the storm all would ere now have been tranquil and peaceful the war had been carried on about a ques tion upon which the people had differed from the formation of the constitution a large class believed that a state had a right to withdraw from the union as in case of or dinary contracts when they thought the ob ligation violated on the other side that class constituted perhaps the majority â€” a majority which held the reins of power with rare intervals he mr g had never be lieved in that doctrine : but it was a disput ed question when therefore it was prac tically resorted to it was only bringing totri r * o c7 al the issue which sooner or later would have come true he did not think our ! grievances sufficient to warrant a resort to it j but when north carolina thought her duty i and honor required her to take part in the ; great issue he went with her into what he ! regarded as a revolution we did our ut most for our section and our eonse : and i when we failed we did our utmost for peace 1 on such terms as were ju^t and honorable â€” j we meaut peace in reality it has been supposed by some that the war ! might have been terminated earlier thedis i tinguished speaker said that he had been placed ! in a position where he could minutely discern i the current events as the hart panted or ' the water-brooks he had yearned for peace but he bad not seen the time when he believed \ that it could be had at a much earlier moment i than when it came a long protracted war is j generally a security for a lasting peace all ' opposition ceased on the termination of hostil ities the people saw tbe contest ( wiyj on un e ual terriis decided against them they ac quiesced and only longed to be restored to the rights of american citizens according to the constitution ( i v graham next briefly discussed the pol : y of president johnson with reference to the state governments alter the surrender while he did not conceive it necessary to strike down those governments yet in common with all onr people he acquiesced therein he recoun ted the con ss - and sacrifices made by the people of the south in obedience to the exac tions made apoa them they d:.l all this for the sake of peace and yet congress is not satisfied another convention has been called by :;. â€” uot by the state â€” bringing in the col ored race as voters â€” a thing unknown before â€” and through that agency it is sought to change entirely our state government and place n a under a new and anomalous one he express ed his belief that the people of the north will not sanction this they will find a departure from the golden rule mischievous and danger ous and as they claim the regulation of the:r own internal ailais so when they come to act with deliberation and dispassion they will do justice by restoring to the people of north ca rolina the same great right justice is so nat ural â€” a sense of right so invariably prevails â€” that when the matter is presented fairly they will say this is right and this conclusion will be hastened when forgetting latter preju dices they go back to the past and remember that it was the southern washington who compelled gage to raise the seige of boston and that it was the troops of north carolina and virginia who on the hudson amid the hills of jersey in pennsylvania and down to the brandy wine broke the back of british power gov g cited the case of the dorr rebellion and thejndicial decision therein to prove that the forms of government can never be rightful ly changed except by those who at the time exercise the right of suffrage and accordingly declared that the present attempt of congress to change those of the southern states was revolutionary but in the case of this attempt ed change â€” on this constitution which is to bo presented to the people â€” we have a right to vote and it will be our fault it it is fastened upon us we have a majority of over 30,000 registered white voters and the question is whether they will take the blacks into political partnership i said gov g with the kindest feelings to that race say xo .'" po litical association cannot come until social as sociation shall precede it we are not with out observation where has the experiment ever succeeded the speaker here entered into a forcible recital of the effects of negro suffrage and rule in llayti and jamaica with these examples before us shall we establish it a good deal had been said about impartial suffrage with certain qualifications of proper ty or intelligence as the test he was opposed to disfranchising any white man in north ca rolina and as to the blacks while some of them under the test might be qualified yet the line of color was the true line of demarca tion and that would be best for all races sta bility in government is indispensable gov g expressed the hops that the present state o things would cease if the men in power have no commiseration the great ma can feel the movings of sympathy there are evidences of this everywhere he was sure that th'-re was no desire her to perpctuae hatreds unfortunate as the war was it i a i had and would still have the effect of making the world think more highly of this country â€” although for the present prejudices might ex ist and clouds might impend ovc the names of some history will accord to the people of north and south alike the highest meed of ad miration for a heroism prowess and manhood such as the world never saw before their mutual achievements are so many common exhibitions of the gieatness of the american people the speaker next pronounced a high eulogy upon the judiciary of the land and expresse i high hopes from that quarter and indulged in an eloquent tribute to president j . af ter again returning his acknowledgments he took his seat amid great applause the foregoing is a most insufficient and meagre abstract of this great speech which was received with great delight by the convention and which we hope will yet be written out for publication the other officers elected then assumed their respective positions on motion the rules of oidir of the h of commons as far as aoplicable were adopted for the government of this convention col e d hall of new hanover offered the following resolution which was unanimous ly adopted viz resolved that in the efforts we are about to make to save the country from humiliation and ruin we will put aside all former party pre dilections arid know only a common purpose to preserve civil liberty and restore a consti tutional union un motion of col w l steele the presi dent was directed to appoint a committee of sixteen â€” two from each judicial district â€” to prepare resolutions and other business for the convention whereupon the president named the following gentle men : 1st d strict â€” j b hare and richard h smith 2nd m e mrmley w g morrisey 3rd thomas bragg d s hi!l 4th m q vvaddell p c cameron 5,h._w l steele j d taylor 6th â€” z b vance lewis hanes 7th a c avery it f armfield 8th a s merrimon a t davidson on motion ofcoi j f hoke of lincoln a committee of five was ordered to report on plan of organization 6co the chair appointed the following gentle men to constitute the committee viz jno f hoke d xi fowle col w j greea col g n folk jno hughes on motion the convention then adjourned uutil to morrow morning at 10 o'clock lenoir â€” jesse c kennedy f a broth ers a munro george b whitfield l